A champagne and dessert reception to celebrate the publication of SUNNYLANDS: Art and Architecture of the Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage, California was held on December 1, 2009 at the new Annenberg Public Policy Center on the University of Pennsylvania's campus.

In attendance were the book's editor, David DeLong, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania School of Design; and chapter authors Virginia L. Bower, Master Lecturer at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia; Donna Corbin, Associate Curator of European Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Mary Jean Smith Madigan, former Curator of American History and Decorative Arts, Hudson River Museum and former editor-in-chief of the magazines Art & Antiques, Hospitality Design, and Interiors; Suzanne Glover Linsday, Adjunct Associate Professor in the History of Art; Michael W. Meister, W. Norman Brown Professorship in South Asian Studies; and Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Associate Professor of History of Art , University of Pennsylvania. Also in attendance was Harry Saunders, one of the original architects of the Annenberg estate.